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\u201c… in the good old horse and buggy days,\u201d a radio-voice sang to us in the kitchen this evening. The work of day was ended. James had come to the old armchair and his reading. Granddaughter, curled up on one end of the couch, where we sat darning the heel of one of James\u2019 work-socks was lost in the pages of a book\u2026 Since a small one, reading has been a love of this one girl of the name. And even though she had expressed the thought that \u201cI suppose by rights I should be studying.\u201d we could appreciate the relaxation and rest after her days at classes, and the sheer delight she was enjoying then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Horse and Buggy at Five O’clock tied to a parking meter<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

James smiled. \u201cIt\u2019s all very well for them to sing about the good old horse and buggy days, Ellen,\u201d he offered, lowering his newspaper, \u201cbut they had their drawbacks too. I was thinking that when I was tending to the chores in the piggery this evening. I couldn\u2019t help comparing the easy method of feeding now with the toil of days gone by. Now there\u2019s nothing to it- you put some meal and its balanced ration into the troughs, and you reach for the water to a tap. And its done But in the olden times what work there was to dragging up baskets of small potatoes from the cellar to cook in the farmers\u2019 broiler: bringing in kindling and wood there\u2026 and water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the sight of the fire, the sound of the water bubbling as the potatoes cooked, and the mingled scent of it was good.\u201d we remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sighed. \u201cPail after pail of water was carried from the pump in the yard \u2014 and wasn\u2019t it good to have it to carry, instead of having to haul it in casks from the stream!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was poetry in pumping a pail of water in the out of doors there was so much to see and hear in the world about. And sometimes you\u2019d catch sight of a bit of blue sky, or a leafy branch in the pail, as well as the choice drink to be had\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A woman with a horse and covered buggy (with fringe) on the sand dunes on the North Shore, Prince Edward Island, ca. 1920-1930s.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPoetry!\u201d Granddaughter murmured smiling absently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t too much poetry to it in winter,\u201d James said. \u201cThe sleigh-bells- remember hearing them on a market-day on the teams off to town?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James nodded, smiled. \u201cNow I\u2019m not saying. Ellen, the old days hadn\u2019t their niceties\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did. Many a one comes to mind. And often. But there was more toil to the living of then. The machinery of now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the coming of electricity,\u201d we said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave given us a new way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today with Alex, we counted tulips reaching up to the sun and sky from the lawn-border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they bloom\u2026\u201d he began<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hummingbirds will be here,\u201d we said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the swallows!\u201d He smiled to think of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll be lilacs then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lilac clouds, like islets floated away from the sunset this evening. And there was scarlet flame behind the firry treetops, great ribbons of it against the blue. The rich colors lingered before fading to a rose-hue which glowed and spread away from the gates of the west. And east? The Lady Moon came smiling down serenely on this valley, on the houses and barns sitting so content in their fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Ellen’s Diary, April 26th, 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: islandnewspapers.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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